Few studies examined the associations of meteorological factors with road traffic injuries (RTIs). The purpose of the present study was to quantify the contributions of meteorological factors to RTI cases treated at a tertiary level hospital in Shantou city, China. A time-series diagram was employed to illustrate the time trends and seasonal variation of RTIs, and correlation analysis and multi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate retrospectively the relationship between meteorological factors in Shenmu County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, China and the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections in children. METHODS Meteorological data (air temperature, atmospheric pressure, rainfall, hours of sunlight, wind speed and relative humidity) for Shenmu County and medical data from hospitalized pa...

rice blast, caused by pyricularia grisea, is one of the most important diseases of this crop in iran and all over the world. to evaluate the relationship between spore population (sp) and meteorological factors, sp was measured daily using spore trap during growing seasons of 2006-2008 in rasht and lahijan regions (guilan province, iran). weather data including precipitation, daily maximum and ...

A study was carried out to investigate the effects of meteorological conditions on atmospheric pollutant concentrations in a complex area. In general serious pollution episodes in the urban and suburban environment are not directly caused by sudden increases in the emission of pollutants but results from unfavorable meteorological conditions, These unfavorable conditions may reduce the ability ...

Pollen counts have been increasing and patients suffering from pollen allergy now exceed 14% of the population of Japan. The amount of pollen has a positive relationship with the air temperatures and solar radiation of the preceding summer. Using this relationship, pollen counts of the next season are estimated roughly. According to the results of cedar flower observations in late autumn, the f...

Three recent investigations are based on mean values of dry-bulb temperature and vapour pressure for four stations: London Airport, Plymouth, Tynemouth, and Manchester. Using weekly values for the years 1947-1952 inclusive, Bradley and Richmond (1953) concluded that there was a tendency for lower average seasonal temperature/vapour pressure to occur with the lowest incidences of poliomyelitis. ...

date bunch fading disorder (dbfd) has been one of the major issues facing date palm growers in recent decades. this order has caused high and non-compensable losses to date palm product. despite numerous studies, predominantly focusing on the causes and mitigation methods of this disorder, no precise influencing factors have been established and practices which can completely control it are not...